Peter Nero

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Peter Nero (born on 22. May 1934 as Bernard Nierow in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American pianist and conductor , who in the field of jazz and easy listening became known.

biography

Peter Nero and Ethel Merman at Bell Telephone Hour , 1964

Peter Nero was born as Bernard Nierow in 1934 in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City . He began taking music lessons at age seven and was accepted into New York's High School of Music and Art at 14 on a scholarship from the Juilliard School of Music .

In 1961 he recorded his first album as Peter Nero with Piano Forte and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year . In 1963 he won his second Grammy in the category Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra for his album The Colorful Peter Nero . Together with his label RCA Records he recorded 23 albums, after which he switched to Columbia Records and released numerous other albums, including the title song and the soundtrack for the film Summer of '42 in 1973 .

At the age of 17, Nero had his first television success with his performance of the Gershwin opera Rhapsody in Blue on a television show by Paul Whiteman . In the course of his career he had numerous other appearances, including several times on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show by Johnny Carson . In addition to two Grammy wins and numerous nominations as well as several other awards, Peter Nero received numerous other honors for his work. He has received several honorary doctorates , the International Society of Performing Arts Presenters Award for “Excellence in the Arts”, the Lincoln Award and the Pennsylvania Distinguished Arts Award .

Discography

Peter Nero has released numerous albums since 1961:

  • Piano Forte (1961)
  • New Piano in Town (1961)
  • The Colorful Peter Nero (1962)
  • Young and Warm and Wonderful (1962)
  • For The Nero Minded (1963)
  • Hail The Conquering Nero (1963)
  • In Person (1964)
  • Peter Nero Plays Songs (1964)
  • Reflections (1964)
  • Sunday in New York (1964)
  • The Best of Peter Nero (1965)
  • Career Girls (1965)
  • Nero Goes Pops (1965)
  • On Tour (1966)
  • Screen Scene (1966)
  • Up Close (1966)
  • Nero-ing on the Hits (1967)
  • Peter Nero Plays Born Free (1967)
  • Salute to Herb Albert (1967)
  • Tender is the Night (1967)
  • Xochimilco (1967)
  • Fantasy and Improvisations (1968)
  • If Ever I Would Leave You (1968)
  • Impressions (1968)
  • Peter Nero Plays Love Is Blue (1968)
  • I've Gotta Be Me (1969)
  • Love Trip (1969)
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  • I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970)
  • Love Story (1970)
  • Presenting the Very Talented Peter Nero (1970)
  • The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1972)
  • Great Songs from the Movies (1972)
  • Peter Nero Plays Music from Great Motion Pictures (1972)
  • This is Peter Nero (1972)
  • Music Festival of Hits (1973)
  • Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (1973)
  • Summer Of '42 (1973)
  • The World of Peter Nero (1973)
  • Peter Nero's Greatest Hits (1974)
  • Disco Dance and Love Themes from the 70s (1975)
  • Peter Nero Plays the Best (1975)
  • Wives and Lovers (1976)
  • Now (1977)
  • The Wiz (1977)
  • Peter Goes Pop (1982)
  • The Sounds of Love (1987)
  • Anything But Lonely (1990)
  • Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington (1990)
  • Classic Connections (1991)
  • Digital Compact Classics (1992)
  • My Way (1993)
  • Peter Nero & Friends - It Had To Be You (1994)
  • All The Things You Are (1996)
  • Love Songs For a Rainy Day (1996)
  • More In Love (1997)
  • Holiday Pops (2001)
  • On My Own (2001)

Web links

Commons : Peter Nero  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c biography on the official website of Peter Nero; Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Discography on Peter Nero's official website; Retrieved March 15, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Nero, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nierow, Bernard (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pianist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City